to dim
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5.5
- verb
- /dɪm/
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desvanecerse
- In the evening, the fire's glow began to dim as the wood burned down.
- to dim prospects
To be honest, I am realizing that until recently, I have mourned the dimming of that hope.
- To be honest, I am realizing that until recently, I have mourned the dimming of that hope.
- So if the awareness of our limitations begins to limit, he says, or dim our value consciousness as well.
- So it kind of dims the inner instinct, you know, a little bit when you listen a lot.
- To be honest, I am realizing that until recently, I have mourn the dimming of that hope.
Examples
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And the external evidence of that is the lights dimming in your life.
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But soon the sailors' voices faded to dim wailing, and she regained her voice.
Fiction book (2002) -
By now, the windows were beginning to dim.
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Will darkness ever dim the light inside your eyes?
Fiction book (1998) -
The fire seems to dim yet again as clouds of halon rise up.
Fiction book (2002) -
Living your quest is about recognizing that you have brilliance in you and not being willing to dim your light one more day.
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Preoccupation with money dims some players' enthusiasm for the outcome of the game and loyalty to the team.
Academic text (1990) -
Murphy sprays a cloud of halon, and the fire dims, but only for a moment.
Fiction book (2002) -
In some areas, the air becomes so thick with the flying pests that streetlights dim behind hovering brown clouds.
Academic text (2003) -
As the sun set, the sky began to dim into twilight.
Synonyms
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3.6
To make something hard to see or understand
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3.4
Cause something to become less sharp, strong or bright
Make something unclear or hard to understand
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Etymology
To dim (as in memories or feelings) is like a light slowly growing faint, from old English dimm meaning 'faint', so things that dim become less clear or easy to see in your mind.